Earth Science ACAP review

Question 1

Gas planets have a faster orbit time than terrestrial planets

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which is true about sea breezes?

Accepted Answer

The land warms up more quickly than cooler ocean waters

Question 3

Which of the statements describes the seasons as shown at point B in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

It is fall in the Northern Hemisphere.

Question 4

Which of these would have the strongest gravitational pull?

Accepted Answer

A large, dense star

Question 5

Which of the following statements about oceanic crust recycling is true?

Accepted Answer

The old crust in ocean trenches sinks into the mantle where it is destroyed

Question 6

A highway has increased traffic. Reductions in organism populations have occurred in a nearby stream. Scientists should:

Accepted Answer

Monitor the number of cars and the pollutants in the stream for 1 yr., Identify which pollutants come from cars and test for them in the stream.

Question 7

Which plate boundary is responsible for recycling old crust?

Accepted Answer

convergent

Question 8

The diagram shows when seasons happen in different hemispheres. Which two things cause seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth’s orbit around the Sun and Earth’s tilt

Question 9

Based on the diagram, what season is it in the southern hemiphere?

Accepted Answer

winter

Question 10

Coal forms from the remains of plants. Oil forms from the remains of organisms that live in salt water. Today you find:

Accepted Answer

Coal in the northeast and oil in the northwest

Question 11

what layer moves tectonic plates

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

Question 12

This creates Earth's magnetic field:

Accepted Answer

convection currents in the outer core

Question 13

In the past 50 years, almost 20% of Amazon rain forest was cut down. Why were they cut?

Accepted Answer

to increase agriculture

Question 14

Which solution would most likely reduce air pollution?

Accepted Answer

increasing the use of renewable energy sources

Question 15

In the carbon cycle, decomposers

Accepted Answer

break down dead organisms and return carbon to the soil

Question 16

Youngest ocean crust is found closest to a _____________.

Accepted Answer

Mid ocean ridge

Question 17

Select the name of the layer that produces Earth's magnetic poles as a result of convection currents of molten iron.

Accepted Answer

outer core

Question 18

Oceans play a major role in the carbon cycle by absorbing carbon dioxide.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

What would happen to an object in orbit without gravity pulling down?

Accepted Answer

It would fly off into space.

Question 20

Gravitational pull

Accepted Answer

Decreases as objects get further away

Question 21

What cycle represents the recycling of Earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

Rock cycle

Question 22

The greater the mass of an object, the ________ the gravitational pull.

Accepted Answer

greater

Question 23

Which layer moves the plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 24

Where does crust recycling occur?

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zone

Question 25

Convections Current is the force the drives plate movement, it occurs in the

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere of the mantle

Question 26

Which layer creates the Earth's magnetic field?

Accepted Answer

outer core

Question 27

Which season comes after spring?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Question 28

Which of these explains the role plants play in the carbon cycle?

Accepted Answer

plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen

Question 29

Using the carbon cycle diagram, what impact would deforestation have on the carbon cycle?

Accepted Answer

Increase the levels of carbon dioxide found in the atmosphere

Question 30

Convection currents in the mantle are caused by differences in what?

Accepted Answer

Temperature and Density

Earth Science ACAP review

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Earth Science ACAP review

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